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What is the biggest enemy of a startup?

K9 Ventures

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. Figuring out who you’re going to sell your product to, and building the distribution for it also takes time. I’ve written before about Revenue Development ). Speed of execution matters.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? from the UCLA School of Law where he also served as Chief Comment Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and earned his B.A.

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

Growthink Blog

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? from the UCLA School of Law where he also served as Chief Comment Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and earned his B.A.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. The problem is that a low CPM doesn’t mean a high ROAS.

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5 Ways to Keep Your Small Business Growing

Up and Running

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Outsourcing also improves productivity because it allows you to focus on your businesses’s core functions, that directly contribute to revenue generation. Then identify the goals and distribute them to the various departments in your company. From a company worth $1.6